Hi Stefano, Sorry to see your boo boo there. I can see your dilema with the trim. Isn't it amazing how 1974 technology they were able to install and remove those pieces!
I think what may have happened is that even though that horizontal piece is chrome plated, they still seem to oxidize and seize themselves to the inner rocker section, especially seeing the photos of the rockers where rust is present. Try using a firm 6", or smaller, flat paint spatula, slipping it under neath the trim and working it especially where the screw holes are. This should, with a little tenderness, work free. When you reinstall the screws, use a little clear caulk around the thread and head of the screw. This will help keep water from seeping in there. Good luck and drive carefully! T-Mobile, America's First Nationwide 4G Network Sent by Samsung Mobile Stefano Iachella <[email protected]> wrote: >Cats: > >A trim piece on my GTV seems to have come loose or was never properly >inserted >during the last paint session. It is a vertical stainless piece that >secures to the rear >of the door opening. It seems to tuck under the horizontal stainless carpet >hold >down at the bottom of the door opening, but is now outside of that piece. > >I thought that removing the 5 screws holding the horizontal piece down >would be >all that is needed to lift and tuck the other one under. Well, even with >the 5 screws >removed, the horizontal piece does not budge. The lip on one side - nearest >the door >rubber - seems tight. New rubber went in place a few years ago, so this is >not a >case of 40 year old stuckness. > >I just don't want to bend the stainless piece so I'm asking what is the >method to >raise or remove the horizontal carpet hold down piece that runs the length >of the >door. > >Here are a couple of shots of the piece that has come loose. I have the >missing >screw for that, and I don't really see a hole for it, so it may not have >been put in >correctly at the time of the paint and rubber work. > >https://picasaweb.google.com/105111722954289917325/MiscAlfa#5779155807760274994 >https://picasaweb.google.com/105111722954289917325/MiscAlfa#5779155850657856258 > >Thanks, >Stefano >Concord, CA >-- >to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi >or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
